Movie Summary

Phil and Claire Foster are a sensible, loving couple with two kids and a house in suburban New Jersey. The Fosters have their weekly “date night” – an attempt at re-experiencing the spice of the dates of yesteryear, involving the same weekly night out at the local Teaneck Tavern. Their conversations quickly drift from barely-date talk to the same chore-chat they have at the dinner table at home. Exhausted from their jobs and kids, their dates rarely end in fore- or any other kind of play, let alone romance. After seeing two of their best friends – another married couple with kids in suburban New Jersey – split apart from living the same life they themselves lead, Phil and Claire begin to fear what may lie ahead: a state of bland indifference and eventual separation.

In an attempt to take date night off auto-pilot, and hopefully inject a little spice into their lives, Phil decides a change of plans is in order: take Claire into Manhattan to the city’s hottest new restaurant. The Fosters, however, don’t have reservations. Hoping to be seated sometime before the clock strikes twelve, they steal a no-show couple’s reservations. What could it hurt? Phil and Claire are now the Tripplehorns. The real Tripplehorns, however, it turns out, are a thieving couple who are being hunted down by a pair of corrupt cops for having stolen property from some very dangerous people. Forced on the run before they’ve even finished their risotto, Phil and Claire soon realize that their play-date-for-parents has gone awry, as they embark on a wild and dangerous series of crazy adventures to save their lives – and their marriage.

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Trivia and Fun Facts

• In the scene where Tina Fey’s character is preparing for bed, she is shown wearing a “University of Virginia” T-shirt. Tina Fey graduated there in 1992.
• The name of the strip joint where the Fosters go to meet the DA (The Peppermint Hippo) is a based on a famous chain of gentlemen’s clubs called The Spearmint Rhino.
• The Fosters’ bad luck is connected to the mysterious “Tripplehorns”. Ray Liotta (Joe Miletto), previously co-starred with Jeanne Tripplehorn in Crazy on the Outside (2010).
• In all of Mark Wahlberg’s scenes, he is shirtless. His scenes were carefully filmed at specific angles to avoid showing a tattoo of Bob Marley that he has on his left shoulder.

Memorable Claire Quotes

“If we are going to pay this much for crab it better sing and dance and introduce us to the Little Mermaid!”

“Oh, it’s a computer sticky thing? That’s… in my office, we call it a computer sticky thing.”

“That’s amazing, Jeremy, but I’m gonna go home now and fart into a shoe box.”

“Do you accept a phone call from ”Oh my god, this phone smells like urine!”?”